IS INDIA THE SOFTEST TERRORIST TARGET?

As I type this blog the latest terrorist attack on Mumbai (Bombay) is not over.
Divisive politics practised by politicians - whose sole concern is to win votes and come to power by turning Indians against each other on the basis of language, caste, religion and flimsier reasons - is the source of every possible kind of violence in the country. They are all acts of terrorism. Obviously, that makes India a soft target.
Further, politicians criticize and try to hamper the work of the ATS (anti-terrorist squad) if the squad invvestigates any group favoured by those politicians.
And, finally, there's something that seems ridiculous in a country that has seen so much terrorist violence. We saw on TV the head of the Mumbai ATS at one of the attacked locations, possibly the Taj hotel. He was not wearing a bullet-proof vest. Were they short of jackets? Did he have to wait for one? I don't know. And he kept fiddling with his helmet and taking it off, because it did not fit him. And the sad fact is that the man died yesterday, felled by terrorist bullets. The question is: Are India's brave anti-terrorist forces equipped well enough to face the challenge?
There are few countries in the world so fissured, whose people are so divided by self-seeking politicians, as India. And that fact makes the country one of the softest terrorist targets.
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My new blog on Myspace is - CAN A TERROR CALAMITY SAVE INDIANS FROM THEMSELVES?

HOW TO VISIT AND UNLEARN AMERICA

Three easy steps.
1. Visit America and admire the airports, malls and highways. And come back with great plans for progress.
2. Visit America and don't see the basic consideratenes and courtesy of the people towards each other on the streets, in queues etc. And keep minds closed to the basic freedoms practised there, like freedom of speech and worship.
3. And, of course, visit America and forget that Obama won.
See? It's so easy to unlearn America!
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